=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2361-1
September 24, 2014

nss vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to
be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Software Description:
- nss: Network Security Service library

Details:

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and others discovered that NSS incorrectly handled
parsing ASN.1 values. An attacker could use this issue to forge RSA
certificates.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libnss3                         3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libnss3-1d                      3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications
that use NSS, such as Evolution and Chromium, to make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2361-1
  CVE-2014-1568

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1


Ubuntu 2361-1: NSS vulnerability

September 24, 2014
Fraudulent security certificates could allow sensitive information to be exposed when accessing the Internet.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libnss3 2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libnss3 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use NSS, such as Evolution and Chromium, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2361-1

CVE-2014-1568

Severity
September 24, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/2:3.17.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nss/3.17.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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